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eMOLT Update 2023-09-08
This week, eMOLT entered a new fishery, thanks to support from the
Cooperative Research Branch at the Northeast Fisheries Science Center.
Lontime CRB partner the F/V Bookie, a tilefish longliner fishing out of
Long Island joined the eMOLT fleet on Thursday. Jack from the Study
Fleet program and George met with Captain Rob at Goodison Shipyard in
Rhode Island to install the new system. We look forward to having some
new temperature profiles from the shelf break south of Long Island.

JiM got time this past week to work on a new satellite-tracked
surface drifter design. After testing the prototype Falmouth Harbor (see
photos), he found more ballast needed below the foam-filled mast. The
objective in this buoyless case, as in all previous designs, is to
minimize windage, maintain oceanographic standards in approximate
size/shape, minimizes dangers to both mariners and wildlife, and
experiment with new more eco-friendly low-cost materials.  |